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SEPTEM
156, Earl's Court Road,
London, S.W.5,
ed for crews when on Thursday,
10/1/41.
at he would not be able to
Dear Sir,
as he had been asked to keep
I enclose a description of my
er, that it might be worth my
part in the Dunkirk operation, a part
his River Emergency Service
neither glorious, nor even helpful,
or two false alarms I received
but it has a slight interest in that
Office on Saturday, 1st June,
it was the last night of the operation.
umbrella to go home at 1310.
One small point which I did not put in,
330 to take delivery of the
but which may be useful as adding colour
ould receive further instruc-
to your story was that, as we were
ere Reginald Brown, who knew
going along past Broadstairs on our
and picked SE up some
way to Ramsgate, I remembered that
at exactly that time last year (the
but the yacht was nearly two
first Sunday of June) and only about
owner and builder, Mr Guy
three hours earlier, I had been sailing
ate enough, as I had only my
the identical waters at the beginning
1 very old pair of out-size
is to proceed immediately to
Gravesend, where we were to report to "Eternal Wave", so we set
off downstream tidying up as we went along. "Madame Sans Gêne"
was a fairly new twin-screw 20-tonner, with forecastley mid-ship
covered steering cock-pit; aft of that came a. galley to starboard,
and single speeping cabin to port, and then a saldon; there was
a small after cock-pit. She was a fine ship, whose only draw-
back was the difficulty of making anybody get the name right.
In accordance with instructions, the owner had stripped her of
masts a machine and 5 putting on quay and fixing
all ready to sail at 2.30 p.m. Orders came to
outside harbour at 4 p.m. to the Tug "SUN XV" to be towed
across astern of us, under way 6.35 p.m. Engines running
in company with other yachts. Three other yachts
make at swell. half-speed fast The tow to ease ropes the of strain two of of the the yachts tow Arrived ropes. broke and off Slight they
told to proceed on under own power.
Dunkiy
were at 11.30 and cast off from Tug. Proceeded into Dunkir
past alongside the quay and proceeded to take troops on board.
the Mole, p.m. and up the Canal for about 2 miles. Moored
Could find no Englishmen so took on board 40 Frenchmen.